Defense attorneys and prosecutors delivered opening statements on a family sanctioned fistfight between two teen-age girls, formerly best friends, that escalated into a brawl and fatal shooting before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Nov. Read more »

A jury in a domestic violence related carjacking case found the defendant not guilty on all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Oct. Read more »

A teen, charged with killing his girlfriend and a House of Representatives intern, pleaded not guilty to all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Oct. Read more »

The defendant in a domestic carjacking trial testified before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson acquitted a carjacking defendant of a shooting charge and heard testimony from additional witnesses on the second day of a trial on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson heard openings from parties in the jury trial for a carjacking and shooting defendant on Oct. Read more »

A jury found that a shooting defendant acted in self-defense and acquitted him of nine out of ten charges on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson heard from the defendant in a a non-fatal shooting resulting from a dispute over a car charger on Oct. Read more »

The defense attorney in a homicide case argued that the suspect’s reaction to past trauma caused him to shoot a victim in self-defense in a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Oct. Read more »

Parties argued over whether or not a shooting victim could be questioned about potential harassment and past criminal history in a trial held before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on Oct. Read more »

The defense attorney for a shooting defendant argued that he acted in self-defense during opening statements on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson heard dramatic testimony from witnesses on Oct. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson ordered a mental competence evaluation for a homicide defendant in a hearing on Sept. Read more »

A defendant in a non-fatal shooting incident alerted DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson that he no longer wants to withdraw his guilty plea on Sept. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson granted defense attorneys in a shooting case more time to decide how the prosecution’s late filing will affect their trial strategy on Sept. Read more »